The UK's Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has joined forces with trade bodies from across Europe to agree a ground breaking Brexit position paper. While politicians refuse to discuss the future trade relationship between the UK ...
Sustainable resins specialist Cardia Bioplastics has seen a steep rise in demand for its packaging and bag products. Monthly orders have increased by 60 per cent over the last 12 months to over $100,000 for the company’s ...
Tags: Packaging, Bag products, Cardia Bioplastics
Brazilian food manufacturer BRF has completed the acquisition of UK based food company, Universal Meats for £34m. This deal will enable BRF to expand in local markets in the UK. The negotiations for the takeover began in December ...
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The European Commission has started an in-depth investigation into Cargill's planned acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) chocolate business, as the $440m deal could lead to higher prices of chocolates. During a preliminary ...
Fruit Shoot has finally regained the market share it had before the recall that dented brand owner Britvic, with one analyst claiming overall financial performance heralded 'a new chapter' . A selection of Britvic brands Issuing its ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, drinks
Asian stocks rose and gold hit a near three-month high while the dollar nursed losses on Monday, extending a move started late last week when a steep drop in U.S. new home sales tempered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon reduce ...
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Legal & General (L&G), the UK based diversified financial conglomerate, is planning to purchase New Ireland Assurance's existing annuity business as well as a fraction of its future business, in a deal valued at nearly 136m (£114m). ...
Dragons’ Den winners Lisa and Helen Tse opened their first food factory last week to meet increasing demand for their gluten-free Chinese sauces. The Tse sisters won the backing of Duncan Bannatyne and Hilary Devey The twin ...
Tags: Food Factory, Agriculture, Food
Global LED light bulb retail prices in February 2013 continued to fall, and in particular, retail prices of retrofit 40W LED light bulbs fell 8.2% to US$17.8/unit, according to studies. Retail prices for retrofit 60W LED light bulbs fell an ...
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Plum Organics plans to expand its business further in international markets following yesterday's (24 January) acquisition of UK baby food group Plum UK. Speaking to just-food, Plum Organics CEO Neil Grimmer revealed that the company is ...
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Flexible re-sealable packaging company in the UK Flexico Group has unveiled the new SensoGrip zipper to the UK markets. It is ideal for food products such as cheese, soups, baby food, pasta and cooking sauces. The SensoGrip zipper has ...
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Market studies show that the price of 40W retrofit LED light bulbs fell below an equivalent of US$10/unit in the UK in July 2012.The price of similar products has fallen below US$10/unit in South Korea and the US. Studies indicated that ...
Tags: China market LED lighting price, South Korea market, UK market, US market
Jesta I.S., Inc. a leading provider of enterprise business solutions for retailers, manufacturers and distributors primarily in the apparel, footwear and soft goods industries worldwide, announced that A|wear, a leading ladies fashion ...
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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies saw sales increase 5.1%to CNY102.7bn(GBP10.4bn)over the first half of 2011,while profits fells 22%to CNY8.79bn(GBP0.9bn)compared to the same period last year. Meng Wanzhou,chief financial officer ...
Tags: Huawei, Profits Drop, Meng Wanzhou, enterprise market